GPL question

[Gerald Pfeifer]

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Florian Weimer wrote:
>> If I compile source code using GCC, that does not require me to
>> open-source the resulting program under the GPL, correct?
> Compiling a program with GCC does not by itself cause the resulting
> executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.  This does
> not however invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might
> be covered by the GNU General Public License.

And for further details, please refer to the GPL FAQ at
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html>, specifically
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#CanIUseGPLToolsForNF>.

Gerald